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Any adults ever "cry" when leaving Walt Disney World?
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5thGenTexan
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My park experience is limited, but I do get mighty depressed on the last day of a cruise. Its a day full of doing everything one more time. Hitting the pool once more, getting just one more free soft serve cone, one last dinner. Like every other dining, the last night is themed and its all about being the last night. Then there is the final gathering in the ship atrium... All the characters are there, one last chance to get some pics. Then they all sing and one by one they head up the stairs and leave. At the end, its just Mickey and Minnie left, they do a goodnight kiss and then Minnie leaves. Just Mickey left out there all alone, he waves as he heads up the stairs and then is gone. Its a real hard thing to watch.
I wonder if the cruise is a bit harder than leaving the parks. Our last trip was 7 days, so it was 7 full days with the same fellow guests, the same dining staff, same people all week in guest services. For the kids in particular, its the same characters. Especilally the princesses. Same people all week long and they stop and talk when passing around the ship. You get to know and get used to be around the same people. Then on that last morning it all comes to an abrupt end when you MUST get off the ship to get it ready for the next group.
Lump in the throat now....
I wonder if the cruise is a bit harder than leaving the parks. Our last trip was 7 days, so it was 7 full days with the same fellow guests, the same dining staff, same people all week in guest services. For the kids in particular, its the same characters. Especilally the princesses. Same people all week long and they stop and talk when passing around the ship. You get to know and get used to be around the same people. Then on that last morning it all comes to an abrupt end when you MUST get off the ship to get it ready for the next group.
Lump in the throat now....
PirateFrank
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I cry when I arrive. I cry when I leave. Then I cry after I get home and look at the credit card statement.
Disneykidder
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I cry during Wishes, Celebrate The Magic and when my kids first see Mickey. When I leave, I mope, am sad and depressed. I cry when I get home and reality sets in.
Tinkerbella16
Well-Known Member
Every single time! That last FULL day is bitter sweet- being there is a great feeling but knowing that we go back home the next day is sheer torture. The DME envelope on the door is when it really hits me. 
I know I will be back and I still get sad and depressed. My last trip was in September 2012 and it was my first trip since 2008 (never going that long between trips again!) I was so depressed when I got home for about an entire week! That trip was one of the best trips I have ever had and I went with my co-worker and his family. They became my Disney Family that week, we all love WDW the same and we got along so well and really enjoyed our time there together. They officially welcomed me on ALL of their future trips and we are going at the same time again in November. Trips like that make it hard to leave!
I know I will be back and I still get sad and depressed. My last trip was in September 2012 and it was my first trip since 2008 (never going that long between trips again!) I was so depressed when I got home for about an entire week! That trip was one of the best trips I have ever had and I went with my co-worker and his family. They became my Disney Family that week, we all love WDW the same and we got along so well and really enjoyed our time there together. They officially welcomed me on ALL of their future trips and we are going at the same time again in November. Trips like that make it hard to leave!
jw24
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Well, I do my best and don't physically cry on the way back because I can't show too much emotion in public. I still feel really empty and sad inside when coming to home and arriving back. I try to cope listening to Frank Sinatra's My Way on repeat. (Why that song? Well, it epitomizes a vacation. You go through the good and bad but in the end, the vacation turned out all right in the end in a way you hopefully envisioned.) It helps a little but not enough. It's just countless sighs of sadness when I get home and a quiet cry whenever I have time alone for the next few days.
I must admit, believe it or not, aside from leaving, when I saw Voyage of the Little Mermaid for the first time ever and Ariel was singing Part of Your World, I almost lost it completely. Why? Well, even though I'm a male, Part of Your World is one of my favorite Disney songs ever. It resonates because it's a song I'm sure everyone can relate to about having a dream that some people never understand, imaging the good that will come with whatever dream we want and basically asking if and when will the opportunity ever come. And two, it's one thing to see the animated clip of Part of Your World or listen to the original soundtrack version countless times on the Internet but it's another to see Ariel sing it live in front of you.
I must admit, believe it or not, aside from leaving, when I saw Voyage of the Little Mermaid for the first time ever and Ariel was singing Part of Your World, I almost lost it completely. Why? Well, even though I'm a male, Part of Your World is one of my favorite Disney songs ever. It resonates because it's a song I'm sure everyone can relate to about having a dream that some people never understand, imaging the good that will come with whatever dream we want and basically asking if and when will the opportunity ever come. And two, it's one thing to see the animated clip of Part of Your World or listen to the original soundtrack version countless times on the Internet but it's another to see Ariel sing it live in front of you.
Miguel Velazquez
New Member
YES, every time. I get emotional when I get through the I4 and then 192 and see that huge entrance that says: "WALT DISNEY WORLD".
I get more emotional when riding the Monorail going around Seven Seas Lagoon and see the castle on the other side.
I almost cry when the parade is on.
I DO cry with the Fireworks, Wishes is a highly personal since 2007 when my wife and me wished for a son. We went back last may with our 2 sons, and obviously we cried. But every single time we have to leave, standing right there at Main street on our way out, it's extremely difficult to look back, stare at the castle and say goodbye.
I get more emotional when riding the Monorail going around Seven Seas Lagoon and see the castle on the other side.
I almost cry when the parade is on.
I DO cry with the Fireworks, Wishes is a highly personal since 2007 when my wife and me wished for a son. We went back last may with our 2 sons, and obviously we cried. But every single time we have to leave, standing right there at Main street on our way out, it's extremely difficult to look back, stare at the castle and say goodbye.
Courtney6682
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My husband and I went to WDW last summer for our 1 yr wedding anniversary. First trip without kids. While sitting and waiting for the ME to pick us up all of a sudden I burst into tears! My husband was willing to do anything to get me to stop crying lol so he called the airlines and tried to get our flights switched. He was still on hold by the time the bus pulled up, so we got on. He was finally able to get the flights switched for 3 days later while we were driving around to other resorts picking up more passengers. We hopped off at Saratoga Springs, and explained our situation to a CM at the front desk. We had no room and no park hoppers, but we were happy! She gave us a free taxi voucher to bring us back to POFQ where we checked back in!!! It was great!
Disney4family
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sophie_the_pooh
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I have to hide behind my sunglasses so I can cry a little on the DME ride back to the airport...
Chef Mickey
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I cry when I arrive too.
wendysue
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Our last trip (which was also our very first) in June 2008, there were many kids crying on the Magical Express on the way back to the airport.
My boyfriend (who was 30 at the time) shed a couple of tears on the bus as well.
Any other adults who experience sadness leaving WDW?
Only when I get the credit card bill..
radiohost
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Yes, last trip in February.
Our three year old son looked up at us in a quiet shuttle ride from the airport and he is asking us a little about the trip....and then....
"Mommy and daddy, did I grow up?"....
Me: You can grow up pal, just not too fast....
Wasn't a dry eye bw wife and I.
Our three year old son looked up at us in a quiet shuttle ride from the airport and he is asking us a little about the trip....and then....
"Mommy and daddy, did I grow up?"....
Me: You can grow up pal, just not too fast....
Wasn't a dry eye bw wife and I.
steviej
Well-Known Member
Our last trip (which was also our very first) in June 2008, there were many kids crying on the Magical Express on the way back to the airport.
My boyfriend (who was 30 at the time) shed a couple of tears on the bus as well.
Any other adults who experience sadness leaving WDW?
I get a little choked up... IDK if it's because I'm leaving disney or because I know I'm going back to The Garbage State, NJ!
JohnnyDollaz89
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Teared up when we left exactly 2 weeks ago from our Disneymoon. Not ashame to admit it. I hate leaving WDW
cheesecake
Active Member
Amazingly enough, I never cried leaving the parks! And I cry a lot haha. I guess because as happy as I am to be in WDW, there truly is no place like home?
TheGuyThatMakesSwords
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My wife does this just about EVERY trip.... .
My solution: Before we even GO on "current trip" ? Husband has "Next Trip" already in the can. Hotel, Air, APs.... as much as I CAN have. EVERY time we do the "Walk of Shame" - I can hold my wife's hand and rattle off the exact date of our next trip .
.My solution: Before we even GO on "current trip" ? Husband has "Next Trip" already in the can
. Hotel, Air, APs.... as much as I CAN have. EVERY time we do the "Walk of Shame" - I can hold my wife's hand and rattle off the exact date of our next trip .